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Mike Riddle

Mike Riddle. www.Train2Equip.com. Topics. The Bible has answers The origin of the universe The origin of life The fossil record Origin of dinosaurs. The Bible Has Answers. Who created? What was created? How was it created? When was it created? How long did it take to create?. God.

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  1. Mike Riddle www.Train2Equip.com

  2. Topics • The Bible has answers • The origin of the universe • The origin of life • The fossil record • Origin of dinosaurs

  3. The Bible Has Answers • Who created? • What was created? • How was it created? • When was it created? • How long did it take to create? God All things By His power In the beginning 6 days

  4. The Days of Creation • Danny Faulkner Ph.D. Astronomy • John Byl Ph.D. Astronomy • Tom Greene Ph.D. Astronomy • James Dire Ph.D. Astrophysics • Dave Harrison Ph.D. Astrophysics • Steven Boyd Ph.D. Hebraic and Cognitive Studies • Floyd Nolen Jones Th.D., Ph.D. Author of Chronology of the Old Testament • Herb Hirt Ph.D. Biblical Exposition • Robert Cole Ph.D. Semitic languages • Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon • Holladay's Hebrew-English Lexicon • God - The Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:11)

  5. What Is Evolution?

  6. Evolution • Evolution is based on materialism • Evolution is the ideology there is no Creator God

  7. Two Worldviews in Conflict Evolution Bible The universe exploded into existence out of nothing X In the beginning God created Life evolved from a pool of chemicals by natural processes X God created all life Different life forms evolved from a common ancestor over millions of years X God created all life after its kind

  8. Origin of the Universe What do we know?

  9. The Big Bang 13 - 15 billion years ago a big bang, or explosion, occurred, creating the universe. The universe began as an infinitely dense, hot fireball, a scrambling of space and time. Where did the matter come from that created the fireball?

  10. From Nothing to the Big Bang • In order to have a big bang, we need something (matter/energy) to go bang. • Where and how did this original matter/energy originate? • To dismiss or ignore this question means you have a story with no foundation. (FAITH) Evolution is based on materialism

  11. The Origin of the Universe Where and how did matter and energy originate? “[The big bang] represents the instantaneous suspension of physical laws, the sudden abrupt flash of lawlessness that allowed something to come out of nothing. It represents a true miracle…” Paul Davies, physicist and evolutionist, The Edge of Infinity

  12. The Origin of Matter “It is only fair to say that we still have a theory without a beginning.” Joseph Silk (Ph.D. Astronomy and Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford), The Big Bang, 2001, p. xv.

  13. The Origin of Matter Sten Odenwald, (Ph.D. Astrophysics and Chief Scientist with Raytheon STX Corp at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), The Astronomy Café, 1998, p. 120. “I was happy to announce that astronomers have not the slightest evidence for the supposed quantum production of the universe out of a primordial nothingness.”

  14. Origin of the Universe Therefore If evolution is unable to explain the origin of matter and energy through naturalistic means, then it is without a foundation. Why should I accept evolution when you cannot produce the evidence? I already have a faith. Tell me about your faith and I will tell you about my faith.

  15. Logical Deduction It is rational (reasonable) to believe that God, not unknown magical events, created matter and energy.

  16. Evidence: Evolution or the Bible Evolution Bible • Origin of the universe • Origin of life • Fossil record • Dinosaurs X

  17. How Did Life Start? • Life evolved by natural processes • Life was created Two possible origins for life

  18. The Model of Evolution Chemicals formed in the “primordial soup” Chemicals bonded together to form molecules Molecules bonded together to make a living cell + Life? = Life • About 4.6 billion years ago the earth formed

  19. The Bible “For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him.” Colossians 1:16 God created all life

  20. Origin of Life • Life cannot start with oxygen • Life cannot start without oxygen • Did life start in the oceans? Hydrolysis

  21. Terminology AtomsThe basic unit of matter MoleculesSpecific arrangement of atoms (H2O) Amino AcidsSpecific arrangement of molecules ProteinsSpecific arrangement of amino acids

  22. Amino Acids Over 2,000 types of amino acids Only 20 are used in life

  23. Counter Argument -50 10 • Is this a valid statement? • Is this a scientific statement? Given enough time it can happen Two Questions Law of Probability

  24. Probability 1040,000 10191 Origin of a protein Origin of a cell

  25. Probability and Life • Bernard Lovell (Ph.D. Astronomy), In the Centre of Immensities – “effectively zero” • Francis Crick, Life Itself: Its Origin and Nature – “can never have been synthesized at all, at any time” • Robert Gange, Ph.D. (research in the field of cryophysics and information systems.), Origins and Destiny – “Zero”

  26. Origin of Life Johnjoe McFadden (Evolutionist & Professor of Molecular Biology and Quantum Physics), Quantum Evolution, 2000, p. 85. “The simplest living cell could not have arisen by chance.”

  27. Origin of Life Franklin M. Harold, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Colo State U., The Way of the Cell, 2001, p. 235. “The origin of life is also a stubborn problem, with no solution in sight….”

  28. Origin of Life Therefore If evolution is unable to explain the origin of life through naturalistic means, then it is without a foundation. Why should I accept evolution when you cannot produce the evidence? I already have a faith. Tell me about your faith and I will tell you about my faith.

  29. Logical Deduction It is rational (reasonable) to believe that God, not unknown events created life.

  30. Evidence: Evolution or the Bible Evolution Bible • Origin of the universe • Origin of life • Fossil record • Dinosaurs X X

  31. Fossil Record Cenozoic Mesozoic Paleozoic The foundation

  32. Examining the Evidence Cambrian Precambrian Actual Data Tree of life Time Sudden appearance of complex creatures Created after their kind Darwinian Model Morphology

  33. Cambrian Explosion Ariel Roth (Ph.D. Zoology), Origins,1998, p. 184. “The Cambrian explosion is not just a case of all the major animal phyla appearing at about the same place in the geologic column. It is also a situation of no ancestors to suggest how they might have evolved.”

  34. The Fossil Record Ernst Mayr (Professor Emeritus, Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University, hailed as the Darwin of the 20th century), What Evolution Is, 2001, p. 14. “Given the fact of evolution, one would expect the fossils to document a gradual steady change from ancestral forms to the descendants. But this is not what the paleontologist finds. Instead, he or she finds gaps in just about every phyletic series.”

  35. Fossil Record Therefore Based on the evolution model, the entire foundation for Darwinian evolution (the fossil record) is missing Why should I accept evolution when you cannot produce the evidence? I already have a faith. Tell me about your faith and I will tell you about my faith.

  36. Logical Deduction It is rational (reasonable) to believe that God, not unknown events created all life after its kind

  37. Evidence: Evolution or the Bible Evolution Bible • Origin of the universe • Origin of life • Fossil record • Dinosaurs X X X

  38. Asking the Right Question Lesser Question What happened to the dinosaurs? Important Question Where did the dinosaurs come from?

  39. Origin of Dinosaurs? The Standard Story Dinosaurs evolved 220 million years ago

  40. Origin of Dinosaurs “The question of the origin of dinosaurs is one that has puzzled paleontologists for many years.” The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs, Dr. David Norman, 1985, p. 186.

  41. Origin of Dinosaurs “Where did dinosaurs come from? That apparently simple question has been the subject of intense debate amongst scientists for over 150 years,…” The Natural History Museum Book of Dinosaurs, 1998, p. 12.

  42. Evolution and Evidence Critical thinking Thecondonts The Origin of Dinosaurs “Small lizards that ran on two legs and gave rise to the giant reptiles collectively known as the dinosaurs” The Nature of Life, 1995 The only evidence presented in any major biology textbook

  43. Evolution and Critical Thinking • How could a small reptile evolve into a large dinosaur? • Shouldn't there be thousands (millions) of intermediate fossils? • Why don't we see intermediate dinosaur forms in museums? Great claims require REAL evidence

  44. Origin of Dinosaurs Biblical Model And God made the beast of the earth afterhis kind, and cattle after their kind, and everything that creepth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. . . . And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. Genesis 1:25, 31

  45. Origin of Dinosaurs Therefore If evolution is unable to provide the thousands of transitions for the origin of dinosaurs then it is without a foundation Why should I accept evolution when you cannot produce the evidence? I already have a faith. Tell me about your faith and I will tell you about my faith.

  46. Logical Deduction It is rational (reasonable) to believe that God, not unknown events created dinosaurs

  47. Evidence: Evolution or the Bible Evolution Bible What is evolution? • Origin of the universe • Origin of life • Fossil record • Dinosaurs X X X X

  48. Faith Evolution is a religious belief system It must be accepted by faith

  49. The Bible Has Answers Who created What was created How it was created When it was created How long it took to create

  50. The Starting Point Starting Point • Scripture is true (John 17:17) • All Scripture is inspired (God-breathed) (2 Timothy 3:16) • God's Word is understandable

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